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Photinus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lampyridae

Taxonomy
Photinus was named by Laporte (1833). It is extant. It is the type genus of Photini.

It was assigned to Photinini by Martin et al. (2019); and to Photinina by Alekseev (2019).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Photinus Laporte p. 140
2019Photinus Alekseev p. 15
2019Photinus Martin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyLampyridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLampyrinaeRafinesque 1815
tribePhotinini()
genusPhotinus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Photinus Laporte 1833
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Photinus kazantsevi Alekseev 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany P. kazantsevi (123769)